Frictional Games Forum (read-only)

So, I have a Gigabyte Motherboard, model number is "GA-MA785-UD3H", and there's something that concerns me about it.

First things first, I have a GeForce 9500 GT 1GB with DDR2 VRAM, and it has a GPU clock of 550MHZ, with a memory clock of 450MHZ (Yeah, I'm broke, bite me) and I noticed that as I increase my GPU's memory clock, the framerate increases a bit.
So I intend to upgrade later, and I found a GPU that has 600MHZ GPU clock and 1GHZ memory clock.

However, what concerns me is if my motherboard's capable of handling such frequencies. What I mean is I intend to find out the maximum GPU and memory clock the motherboard model mentioned above is capable of supporting.

In case you need more information, I'll supply them, just let me know.
Thanks in return!

~Robby!

Don't worry, your mobo will be fine. Btw, I recommend you to get GTX460, they're really cheap nowadays.

(09-16-2013, 12:35 PM)Deep One Wrote: [ -> ]Don't worry, your mobo will be fine. Btw, I recommend you to get GTX460, they're really cheap nowadays.

In Romania, money's a severe problem, so a GTX 460 is quite unaffordable. Something that allows me to do LPs and work on my games is all I currently require, can't get anything better.

The GPU I mentioned in OP is like $45, but my parents' payment is less than $30, and then come the bills and such, it's just not working out. A GTX 460 is like $127.19, and that just won't be affordable in any way.

If you truly want to know what's the limit of your motherboard, just check the specifications for the slot you'll be putting the card in (e.g. PCIe, PCI, AGP, etc).

I'm not entirely sure...but from Nemet's post I can somewhat see implications of overclocking his GPU. Do you plan to overclock your graphics card Nemet, or are you just out to replace it?

(09-16-2013, 02:13 PM)Your Computer Wrote: [ -> ]If you truly want to know what's the limit of your motherboard, just check the specifications for the slot you'll be putting the card in (e.g. PCIe, PCI, AGP, etc).

Well, I know the GPU I'm intending to get is PCI Express 2.0, but I literally have no idea as to how to do it.

And Kreeks, I'm just intending to replace it, overclocking's helpless here.

Maybe get an ATI 6570 or an ATI 6670? If you can manage it, get the 6670 since it has better performance/price.

Both are really cheap, unless even they are out of your budget?

(09-16-2013, 03:51 PM)Kreekakon Wrote: [ -> ]Maybe get an ATI 6570 or an ATI 6670? If you can manage it, get the 6670 since it has better performance/price.

Both are really cheap, unless even they are out of your budget?

Post #3, please.

Ah sorry about that so is your budget $45, $30, or something else?

(09-16-2013, 03:53 PM)Kreekakon Wrote: [ -> ]Ah sorry about that so is your budget $45, $30, or something else?

Usually less than $30, which translates to like 100 RON, usually less. And that's my parents' budget, I don't have a job, 16.75 years old only.